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Joe Biden

8 of our top opinion columns this week: ICYMI

In today's fast-paced news environment, it can be hard to keep up. For your weekend reading, here are some of this week's top USA TODAY Opinion pieces, most of them dealing with aspects of the coronavirus pandemic. As always, thanks for reading, and for your feedback. And be safe.— USA TODAY Opinion editors1. Trump is our biggest…

bubmagMay 8, 2020

Tesla

Tesla to reopen Fremont factory Friday, despite ongoing coronavirus lockdown

Elon Musk's electric car company plans to reopen its one and only factory in the United States as soon as Friday, for 'limited operations,' in a county where coronavirus lockdown is ongoing. Bloomberg reported the news first on Friday, citing an email from the company to its staff. Here is…

bubmagMay 8, 2020

Android

Electronics Deals – May 8, 2020: Roborock, Samsung & More

The brand new Roborock E4 Robot Vacuum Cleaner is already on sale for just $259.99. That is good for $40 off of its regular price. This is an inexpensive robot vacuum that is still pretty incredible. It's going to be able to clean your whole home with ease, and thanks…

bubmagMay 8, 2020

Xi Jinping

China will strictly prevent rebound of coronavirus outbreak

FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi jinping speaks during a meeting with Tedros Adhanom, director general of the World Health Organization, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, January 28, 2020. Naohiko Hatta/Pool via REUTERSBEIJING (Reuters) - China will resolutely prevent the rebound of the coronavirus outbreak as…

bubmagMay 8, 2020

Nukes

GLOBAL TIMES: China urged to expand nuclear arsenal to deter US warmongers…

China urged to expand nuclear arsenal to deter US warmongers By Liu Xuanzun Source:Global Times Published: 2020/5/8 16:23:40 Nuke-equipped bomber and missile development important to safeguard national security: experts China reveals its most advanced nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile, the DF-41, at the National Day parade in Beijing on October 1,…

bubmagMay 8, 2020

Mass Tourism

Caribbean Island Hopper from Paris over late Summer for €236! Visit Martinique, Saint Lucia and Dominica!

Nice chance to set off for a Caribbean hopper! Fly from Paris and visit Martinique, Saint Lucia and Dominica (not to be confused with Dominican Republic) for only €142! Martinique offers a striking diversity of landscapes and atmospheres. While it suffers from uncontrolled urban sprawl in some places, particularly in and…

bubmagMay 8, 2020

Trade War

China and U.S. Signal Harmony on Trade, Despite Broader Tensions

The two countries said on Friday — Thursday night, Washington time — that their top trade and financial officials had held talks via conference call, their first since the coronavirus pandemic ballooned in late January. Although President Trump had suggested this week that the White House would take a skeptical…

bubmagMay 8, 2020

Old-Age Poverty

Emma Watson: ‘Evolutionary theorists believe that patriarchy is not inevitable’

Emma Watson conducted an interview/conversation with Professor Valerie Hudson, author of Sex and World Peace, a data-driven examination of what happens when governments are male-dominated and toxic, and when women are driven out of any political power. I came into this transcript of their conversation simply hoping to grab a…

bubmagMay 8, 2020

Brasilia

As deaths mount in Brazil’s Amazon, official COVID-19 toll under scrutiny

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO/MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) - The death toll from COVID-19 in the worst hit part of Brazil’s remote Amazon region may be three times the official count, according to data from public notaries reviewed by Reuters, as the spread of the disease overwhelms the public health system. FILE PHOTO: Workers…

bubmagMay 8, 2020

Vietnam Veterans

The ‘Hard Hat Riot’ of 1970 Pitted Construction Workers Against Anti-War Protestors

In the days after May 4, 1970, the date the Ohio National Guard killed four unarmed Kent State University students protesting the Vietnam War, anti-war activists were galvanized. In demonstrations held across the country, the protesters mourned the deaths of their compatriots but also felt emboldened to continue the fight…

bubmagMay 8, 2020

8 of our top opinion columns this week: ICYMI

Tesla to reopen Fremont factory Friday, despite ongoing coronavirus lockdown

Electronics Deals – May 8, 2020: Roborock, Samsung & More

China will strictly prevent rebound of coronavirus outbreak

GLOBAL TIMES: China urged to expand nuclear arsenal to deter US warmongers…

Caribbean Island Hopper from Paris over late Summer for €236! Visit Martinique, Saint Lucia and Dominica!

China and U.S. Signal Harmony on Trade, Despite Broader Tensions

Emma Watson: ‘Evolutionary theorists believe that patriarchy is not inevitable’

As deaths mount in Brazil’s Amazon, official COVID-19 toll under scrutiny

The ‘Hard Hat Riot’ of 1970 Pitted Construction Workers Against Anti-War Protestors

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